Memling's Portraits

Hans Memling is one of the most important Netherlandish painters of the fifteenth century. Originating from the middle Rhine region (Germany), he most probably trained in the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels. From the start, Memling's most prominent patrons in Bruges were foreign merchants and bankers: Florentine and Venetian businessmen, but also members of the Hanse as well as Spanish wool merchants.

This is the first detailed and comprehensive study of Memling's portraits which, at the same time, aims to show the artist's leading role in the development of the genre.